Category: Supreme court advocates

Arnab Goswami Case: Dushyant Dave Writes To SC on ‘Selective Listing of Matters’

Source:-https://thewire.in New Delhi: With the Supreme Court agreeing to hear Republic TV editor in-chief Arnab Goswami’s challenge against the Bombay high court’s rejection of his interim bail plea on November 11, Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) president Dushyant Dave has written a letter to the top court expressing concern over the “selective listing of matters”.

State Bills on farm trade ignites legal debate, Presidential assent unlikely

Source:-https://www.financialexpress.com However, SC lawyer Sunil Fernandes noted that, however well-intentioned an Act passed by the state legislature may be, unless the governor signs on it, the Act doesn’t become enforceable. The laws passed by Opposition-ruled states Punjab, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh to override three central laws governing agriculture trade and food stuffs may stumble upon the

Anti-torture advocates ask Supreme Court to nullify anti-terror law

Source:-gmanetwork Anti-torture advocates and families of victims of enforced disappearances have joined calls for the Supreme Court to strike down several provisions of the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) of 2020, saying that the law is “reminiscent of the dictatorship of Marcos.Women and child rights groups are also among the newest petitioners against the heavily challenged law,

Similar issue pending before SC: Delhi HC allows withdrawal of petition for financial help for lawyers

Source:-indialegallive New Delhi: The Delhi High Court today allowed a petitioner to withdraw his petition seeking financial assistance to the advocates enrolled with the Bar Council of Delhi without discrimination on the ground of residential address or voter ID. A divisional bench comprising Justice Hima Kohli and Justice Subramonium Prasad noted: “Petitioner seeks to withdraw

Islamabad High Court to take up Indian spy Jadhav case today

source:-tribune ISLAMABAD:A three-member bench of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) will take up the government’s appeal to appoint a lawyer for Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav in order to implement the decision of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Thursday (today). Jadhav — a serving commander of the Indian Navy associated with Indian spy agency

400+ international civil rights advocates, organizations demand immediate release of Kashmir journalist Aasif Sultan

Source:-twocircles The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) together with over 400 civil society activists and organizations has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to immediately release Kashmiri journalist Aasif Sultan, who has been imprisoned for two years as of August 27. The signatories of this statement include renowned writers, journalists, academics, press freedom advocates, filmmakers

Supreme Court To Hear Pleas Seeking Removal Of Anti-CAA Protesters From Shaheen Bagh.

source:- news.abplive.com A two-judge bench headed by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and also comprising Justice KM Joseph on Friday said that they will take up the matter on February 10. Supreme Court today will hear pleas seeking removal of anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) protesters from Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh area. New Delhi: Supreme Court today will

Nirbhaya Convicts Have A Week To Exhaust Legal Options Against Hanging.

Source:- ndtv.com Vinay Sharma, Pawan Gupta, Mukesh Singh and Akshay Singh – convicted for the shocking gang-rape and murder of a 23-year-old paramedical student dubbed Nirbhaya by the media in Delhi in 2012 – were to be executed on February 1. New Delhi: The convicts in the Nirbhaya case will get one week to finish

Plea against Modi in 2002 riots adjourned too many times, next hearing on April 14: Supreme Court.

Source:- nationalheraldindia.com SC on Tuesday said that the plea of slain Congress MP Ehsan Jafri’s wife Zakia Jafri challenging the SIT’s clean chit to then Gujarat CM Narendra Modi in the 2002 riots, has been adjourned many times. The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that the plea of slain Congress MP Ehsan Jafri’s wife Zakia